> It doesn't seem to be possible to use "apache -k shutdown" to kill an > Apache instance running as a console app. It simply moans about not > being able to find the Apache2 service: > [Thu Oct 06 10:28:27 2005] [error] (OS 2)The system cannot find the file > specified. : No installed service named "Apache2". That's because '-k shutdown' is basically a wrapper around 'net stop'. (I know, not exactly true, but for explanation purposes it is ;) If you want to script this, get something like ptree (from the resource kit) or pskill (from sysinternals) to kill the process. Joost --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx